Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 1, Problem 20P
Express the following in SI units:
- (a) 5 acre·ft
- (b) 150 in.3/s
- (c) 3 gpm
- (d) 3 mph/s
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